Needs more trousers:



Also probably a shirt but then we don't get to see that sexy abs so XD

This basically covers it.

Simple Blending by *sandara

Note you can blend with any brush as long as it has ragged/softened edges, depending on what you're trying to accomplish. 0% hardness airbrush gives a super smooth blend, while more textured brushes give... well, texture.

Like, my brush for blending skin is a stippled, bristly brush that looks like real brushstrokes when painted.

hmmm....

Personally I just am really busy with some book and magazine cover commissions which for various reasons I cannot post here lol

I try to keep in touch with art by occasionally going out to the park and do some landscape sketching. Still practicing art, but different enough that it keeps my interest and motivation high.

it's a bad thing if you allow too many things to make you procrastinate. It's harder to pick up the habit again after super long breaks, unless you are dedicated enough to do it.

It's kind of difficult to use the tablet version of Cintiq.

it just doesn't feel right without the keyboard with my many, many shortcuts.

I mean, if you are going to be traveling on the road so much that you need something portable to do your work on, sure, invest in one.

But that kind of money, might as well buy a laptop + small wacom.

Or carry good old fashioned sketchpad, if all you want to do is practice

... not really my usual thing:

Anime stuff:

Interesting effect. Didn't really think of using the pen tool that way. Nice

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Graduation painting...

alpha001

Link here for a more "painterly" style of shading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8VlN8Tmso4
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Link here for both lineart and shading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4n95QM3xLo

This post has been edited by DragonReine: Aug 14 2014, 12:16 AM

Speedpainting:

Thanks! Haha if a speed painting is too smooth than the person spend too much time blending, defeats the purpose of the practice IMO.

EDIT: Not sure why images aren't showing, but there's a link to it right beneath the broken image >_>

Glossy lips:



http://dragonreine.tumblr.com/post/9571020...ps-look-like-so

This post has been edited by DragonReine: Aug 26 2014, 11:40 PM

I mean, somehow the board changes the BB code to HTML, which obviously doesn't work.

HTML would work in an IP.Board based forum, but as far as I know Lowyat isn't based on that code set >_>

LOL Ice Bucket Challenge. You did donate right?

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Okay, TUMBLR links are being weird, but deviantART Sta.sh is okay, funny:

AHHHH I found it.

If your link has the following set of numbers:

8 8 d b

together in a line, Lowyat turns it into <no spam link>

Censorship?

Awesome

It's not a Tumblr thing, just that those specific grouping of "8 8 d b" is not allowed on Lowyat for some reason.

Try for yourself, type the numbers without spaces and post/preview it.

My tumblr image has this string in the url, bolded and spaced the "censored" numbers:

http://37.media.tumblr.com/7cf 8 8 d b 453a9716e2e585b6b21b31bdd/tumblr_naujxzHo5M1rnra0zo1_1280.jpg

if I try to post the url, LYN will replace the four numbers with <no spam link>, which would obviously break the URL, haha.

LingLingFat

Ah, all right. Thanks for the info

Pretty! love the composition of it, and how the brushstrokes are rough yet imply movement and detail well.

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Coloring...

New thing:

Haha, it's very good tho Keep it up!